Manufacture of cake frosting



Jan. 13, 1931.

H. F. OLSCHEWSKY MANUFACTURE OF' CAKE FROSTING Filed May '16, 1928' ATTORNEY' V`35 harmonious and nished a Patented Jan. 13, 1931 *narran srares 'tisana "HENRY r. onscHEvvsKY, or` OLYMPIA, wirsmnc'ioiv` MaNUFAcTUnn oFcAKE FiaostrlnuY Application filed May 16,

rThis invention relates to the manufacture of `ornamented frosting Vfor bakers` cakes; and its main object is to provide a more simple, inepensive and effective process of accomplishing this character of work.`

Heretofore it has been customary to coat the outside'of a cake with a smooth layerof semi-fluid frosting composition such, for eX- ample, as a mixture of sugarl and the whites w of eggs and, after the coating becomes sufiiciently dry and firm, to treat the same to produce ornamentation therein. Such ornamentation isusually produced by impressing or carving the design in the body of frosting, 5 and also by applying to the surface thereof strips, or smaller bodies of frosting material, pieces of candy and the like. j

However successful the prior methods may have proved, all of those with which I am familiar possess disadvantages. The principal among these disadvantages are, first, in the matter of requiring a relatively large amount of frosting composition to a'ord material to produce an ornamental design there- E5 in; second, for artistic work, the need of employing a skillful person to produce a design suitable for a specific purpose or occasion for which it is intended; and, third, the expense of production in time and cost of material.

Furthermore, frosting ornamentation, as heretofore progressively constructed, is not only laborious, but must be rapidly performed and, in consequence, details are oftentimes neglected, so as to detract from an ppearance of the completed frosting.

The present invention has been devised to overcome the above noted and other objections, and to enable an unskilled workman having little or no artistic taste toproduce ornamental frosting of intricate "and harmonious design at a lower cost, and of lighter weight, and stronger than hitherto.

The invention consists in forming an ornamental cake-frosting or icing separate and apart from' the cake and then joining them together by applying the produced frosting to the cake.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Figure 1 is a plan View of a typical mold Arectilinear shape, provided below the/plane 1928. Serial No. 278,275.

in which is `formed icing for the top of a cake 5 and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 2&2 ofliig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view ofa mold in which is formed icing for the periphery of a cake and Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on line of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a representation of a cakewith the peripheral icing being applied thereto; and Fig. 6 isa Vview of a completed frosted cake, the cake proper being shown in front elevation and the icing in transverse vertical section. n

In said drawing, the reference number 10 represents a cake, herein shownas cylindricai, having a top icing11 `(Fig. 6) anda peripheral icing 12. Said icing maybe made of any suitable materials-such, for instance, as a mixture of sugar, milk and the whites'of eggs-and which, according` to vthe present invention, `is formed in a matriX'or matrices J of a desired design prior to applying the icing to a cake; i

Ihe mold 13 fori the top icing 11 ofl a cakev is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, preferably of of'its top surface14 of which is a cavity 15 of a shape andlsize horizontally `corresponding to that of theupper surface of the cake with which the topicing 11 is to be used-as circular, square, oblong, or otherwise.

V A mold 16 lfor the icing 12 for. use about thel periphery of the' cake, is" illustrated in Figs.V `13 andV a, preferably vof aV rectilinear shape, is provided with a cavity 1T below the plane ofthe molds top surface'lS. The width of thelcavity 17 iis equal to, or approximating, vthe height fof the peripheral surface of' a cake; and ofa lengthlto correspond with the perimeter or circumference of the'cake; or, -With Ylarge ica-kes, ofi sections which mayi be .to used end to endin multipleto extend entirely around the cake.- The molds are furthermore `formed b-yproviding'in orupon the bottom surfaces ofthe respective cavities 15 and'17 ornamental or figure Work suchvas 151 and 171 according to the designs'which it is desired to produ'ce'uponthe icing. Such figure work when cut orothervvise'formed in a mold will4 Y 'appearin relief upon theA icing product; and, s vice versa, re'liefwork Vupon the mold` will .wn

afford the design in intaglio with respect to the icing. j

The cavities and 17 with the associated relief or intaglio work 151 and 171 of the respective molds constitute matrices, as they will be termed hereinafter.

y Y saine with a suitable icingmixture.

sufiicientl hardened in the mold b dr incV The molds may be made from plaster-of-- Faris or other suitable material having the requisite strength and durability. According to :my process, ornamented fi'ostings are made in matrices' by fillingA the When l the mold is inverted to effect the removal of frosting from the matrix.

Fernse, the'peripheral frosting is .wrapped as a band (see Fig. 5) about-ithe'ca'le. vThe ends of theban'dmay be conveniently joined, one with another,- afterthe same has been inoistened to render the f abuttingextremities plastic.V -The inner surface' of the-frostingV the frostinfr are 'oined `as yb Y meansfof the operators lingers. c V

The useof frostingsheets, so to speak, made separate from the cake permits of their being applied over and abouta'soft lling--as-j am, for instance-.upon the top and side surfaces ofthe cake which-is not believed to be attainable by the methods heretoforev practiced, although much desired byY the'makers of fine grades of frosted cake.

The invention and the manner ofutilizing the same will, it is thought, be, understood from the foregoing description.

. lVhat I claim, is,--

1. In they manufacture of ornamental frosting for the peripheral and top ,surfaces respectively of a cake, 'which consists' informing finished frosting members Y forv both of 4said surfaces separately and apart "from the cake, then applying one ofsaid members circumferentially as a pliant band to the peripheral wall surface of the cake, applying the other member tothe top surface ofthe cake and, finally, joiningthe adjacent edges of bothmembers together. A l

2. The lie'reindescribedV4 process of providing ornamented frosting for a` cake, which consists, first, in molding the frosting complete with the ornamentation thereof in respective sections to cover the top and periphv eral Wall surfaces of the cake, proper, second,

allowingsaid sections to solidify in thecmold to anextent whereby the' samemay be removed integrally therefrom, and lastly applying the sections in a pliantstate to the Acake surface to adhere thereto.

8. The herein described process of providing ornainented frosting for a cake, which consists, first, in molding the frosting comvs iections in a pliant state to the calre surface tol adherente saidsubstance. 1

4;. The hereindescribed process of icing cakes, consisting in forming a frosting member in .amoldby depositing therein. a=semi fluid icing mixture,.allowing. said mixture to solidify only to an extent admittiiiglremoval int-actfroin the 4mold, .and applying said section in a pliant state to the caketo adhere thereto.

5. The herein described process-of icing cakes, consisting in forming a-frostingmember in a mold byy depositing thereina semifluid icing miXture,-. allowing:- said mixture to'harden to admitI of, removaliintact'. from the mold, applying a viscid edible substance to the top and side walls of afcakepandf applying said section, upon the' cake surface to adhere to Said substance.-

, Signed at Seattle, lVashingtomthislst day of May,1928.

rf HENRY F. OLSGHEVVSKY. 

